The handling of the original investigation was criticized after Litchfield County state attorney Frank S. Maco said in a press conference that he believed there was "probable cause" to charge Allen but decided against prosecution partly to avoid a traumatic trial for the young girl.

A disciplinary panel found that Maco may have prejudiced the ongoing custody battle between Allen and Mia Farrow by making an accusation without formal charges.

Months before Maco's press conference, a team of child abuse specialists from Yale-New Haven Hospital were brought in to the case and concluded that the child had not been molested.

The original child molestation allegation came shortly after Allen stunned thr world by becoming involved with another of Mia Farrow's adopted daughters, Soon-Yi Previn.

Allen, then in his mid-50s, was not the adoptive father of Previn, who was about 19 at the time.